Washing-machine



(No Model.)

E. L. WALLACE.

WASHING MACHINE.

Patented Sept. 12, 1893.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD L. WALLACE, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

WASHlNG- MACHlNE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 504,763, datedSeptember 12, 1893.

Application filed June 26,1893. Serial No. 478,825. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, EDWARD L. WALLACE, of Rochester, in the county ofMonroe and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in \Vashing- Machines; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebeing had to the drawings accompanying this specification.

My improvement relates to washing machines consisting of a rubber whichreciprocates forward and back over arollerbed, and the inventionconsists in the construction and arrangement of the rubber ashereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawingsFigure 1 is a plan view of the machine. Fig. 2 is alongit-udinal,vertical section in line a: so of Fig. 1, one end of themachine being shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of therubber.

A indicates the body of the machine, consisting of a box of rectangularform and supported by suitable legs B B.-

C is the roller-bed and D the rubber. The bed is of ordinary form,consisting of an angular frame extending across the machine and providedat the top with a set of cross rollers a a a, which form the support forthe clothes. This frame is fitted reinovably in place, being held at thefront by hook-shaped lugs 19 b, and at the rear by square lugs b b. Itcan therefore be detached at any time for cleaning or repairs.

The rubber is of peculiar construction. It consists of cross slats c c,with openings between to admit free passage of water. At the ends aretie straps cl cl, provided at one extremity with upturned lugs (1' cl.The handle E is hinged to the front of the rubber as shown atf, and hasat its rear end a cross head g by which it is operated. At the rear ofthe rubber aspring his interposed between the cross slat and the handle,the same being held by a bolt. Preferably the spring is made of a blockof india rubber, but may be of any other kind.

G is a bow made of iron rod attached centrally to the handle on theunder side, its extremities diverging and passing out through holes inthe lugs d d, thence extending upward in an inclined direction, passingover the sides of the machine and there jointed to links k k, which inturn extend downward outside the machine and are jointed to stifisprings or m on the under side of the machine.

This connection gives freedom of action to the rubber. It will be seenthat three joints are made, one at the center and one at each end, thelatter being produced by the passage of the iron rod through the lugs61' d. These joints are all in line and allow the rubber to spring upand down at the rear. At this point the spring h gives the necessaryelasticity and supports the handle.

By the means above described the rubber 65 tie straps at its endsprovided with upturned lugs, the handle hinged to the front edge of therubber, the spring between the rubber and the handle, the bow attachedto the handle and passing through the lugs of the tie straps, andsuitable connections for holding So and operating the rubber, as hereinshown and described.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto signed my name in the presence of twosubscribing witnesses.

EDWARD L. WALLACE.

lVitnesses:

R. F. Oseoon, P. H. Oosrrcn.

